Penholder



THE NATIONAL (No Model.)

B. FABER.

- PENHOLDER.

l: WITNESSES 7L Patented Dec. 26,. 1893.

NITED STATES EBERHARD FABER, OF \VEST NEWV BRIGHTON, NEW YORK.

PENHOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 51 1,602, datedDecember 26, 1893.

Application filed March 14, 1893.

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EBERHARD FABER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Test New Brighton,in the county of Richmond and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPenholders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to so-called anti-nervous pen-holders, and consistsin the improvements of the construction of the same as hereinafterdescribed and claimed, reference being made to the accompanyingdrawings, in Which Figure 1, is a side elevation of my improvedpen-holder complete, and having a pen inserted. Fig. 2, is an elevationof the handle divested of the other parts. Fig. 3, is across section onthe line 00' 00, Fig. 1. Fig. 4, is an end view. Fig. 5, is a sectionalelevation on line 3 y, Fig. 1. Fig. 6, is a side elevation of the shortmetallic tube furnishing the elastic nibs between which and the outertube the tangs of the pens are inserted and secured to the handle by thegrip of the nibs. Fig. 7, is a sectional elevation of the anti-nervousmaterial of the handle and a metallic bushing surrounding and co=actingwith the elastic nibs for holding the pens.

I provide a handle of wood or other approved material having the shortreduced cylindrical terminal section 0, at the end to which the pens areconnected, and the longer and larger but also reduced section b,intermediate of the said terminal section and the rest of the handlewith corresponding shoulders d and e, at the junctions of the respectiveparts, and on the smaller end section 0, I fit the nib tube f, by itsintact end portion with the extremity abutting against the shoulder d,and secure it with a rivet or indented projection g, said nib tubeprojecting a suitable distance beyond the section 0 of the handle andhaving several slits h, in the projecting portion and separating it intoa number of individual nibs, which at their free extren1-' ities arebent inward as shown at 11, to guide the tangs of the pens so as toprevent them from being inserted within the nibs, and to prevent thenibs from being unduly bent in ward.

On the section b, of the handle and over the Serial No. 465,991. (Nomodel.)

nib tube I lit the anti-nervous tube j, of rubher or otherapprovedmaterial so that it abuts at one end against the shoulder e, andprojects about the same extent in the other direction as the nib tube,and within the projecting part and surrounding the nib tube I fit thebushing of metal 70, having about the same length as the nib tube so asto be confined securely in its position by the grip of the anti-nervoustube on it, and by the grip of its inner portion on the unslitted partof the nib tube, one or both, but preferably by the grip of the saidanti-nervous tube. This bushing constitutes the outer shell betweenwhich and the nibs the tangs of the pens are secured. Its outer end isflared a little to guide the tangs of the pens.

The metallic nibs attached to and projecting beyond the end of thesection 0, of the pen holder have more range, more powerful grip and aremuch more lasting than integral nibs of thehandle produced by slittingthe reduced end portion of the handle, made longer for the purpose. Theshort bushing 70, terminate ing at or about the inner end of the nibtube and mainly secured by the grip of the antinervous tube is betterthan if extended the whole length of the anti-nervous tube be cause, thehold of the elastic anti=nervous tube by its contracted grip directly onthe section b, is more secure than the grip of the rigid bushing wouldbe in such case. The short bushing is also cheaper than the longer onewould be. I

I prefer to make the anti-nervous tube with the ribbed or flutedexterior surface as shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 4, but it may be smooth orbe roughened in any other approved way.

I am aware of the patent to Rodrigue No. 413,092, in which a split metaltube applied to a reduced portion of the handle to receive the tangs ofthe pens between it and the said reduced portion of the handle, iscovered with a tube of elastic anti-nervous material and I make no claimfor such device, my device being essentially distinguished from that bythe slitted nib tube extending beyond the end of the reduced portion ofthe handle and having the ends of the nibs bent inward to guide theshanks of the pens to the exterior of the nib tube,with the anti-nervoustubeapplied on and directly secured to the handle above the nib ICOtubewith,themetallicbushingoftheanti-nervous tubesurrounding the nibtube and having the flaring mouth to guide the pens into it, and guardagainst'the liability of being inserted in the anti-nervous tube outsideof the bushing, which is the general tendency in the use of thedeviceot' the above inentioned-patent for lack of the flaring mouth ofthe split tube. may also be cemented to the handle above the split tubeif desired.

I claim- The combination in a pen holder, of the handle having theterminal and intermediate reduced sections and shoulders of therespective sections, of the n-ib tube slitted a part of its lengthandnfitted by its intact part on the terminal sectionof the handle withits slitted part projecting beyond theendof the handle,

20 and having the endsbent inward to guide-the The anti-nervous tube ofmy device shanks of the pens to its exterior; the tube of anti-nervousmaterial fitted on the intermediate reduced section of the handle abovethe nib tube and projecting over the said nib tube, and being materiallylarger in the bore than the nib tube, and the metallic bushing of aboutthe same length as the nib tube fitted

